Sharp County record., 1887-08-18
ARKANSAS STATE NEWS

Nisdemeanors, ~; drunkenneSo'o "a,
lo"s, onJ disturbing the peace, Al; drums
inH disorderlv, 90; violating. sanitary
anu ulool a. committing nuisance, d
oruLnin inr concealed weapons, o; keeping
can ,nG house, 9; keeping bawdy-nOuSe, =,
gali ginti9g section 414, prostitution, Zo' PetiU
larceny, 2; passing counterlei' r,nrder ] 1:
,eddling without license i inui
miscellaneous, D. ro+ bos been
r Dickey, near Emmett mas oJ- o
.warded a patent for comolneu '00
Pinnstr oostar. General Villas has direcVeu
9Iln oorrier or free delivery system pe
tnaI ,I;sbod ynJ at Fort Smith and Hot Springs
September l. Modith shot two
,o+hars named Ivans, near the ruiasAi
FonIkner county lines, te" uayS
s;nce, One of the brothers dieu' anu 'n0
otber was mortally wounded,
while a freight train on the oV' Louls,
-Artansas g. Texas railway was crosSins
d. River at Garland City, re" nlsnUS
the bridge gave way and the engine
sa-an cars were precipitated us
80 ~ of forty feet to the river peio"'
horo there was twenty feet OF water
Tnoinoer Atkinson and Fireman Flaherty
- badly but not fatally wounded, anu
,rsro taken to the company's hospltal aV
Paris. u.u +bo+ q heavy
windstorm a few days ago did con
siderable damage to trees ana ouU-
bouses at the State Insane Asylum
Grounds. no damage occurring 10 'he
main building, however ,
General John H, Rice, president Oh one
Nav orleans, Natchez g. Fort Scott ran,
-ay is said to have closed the contract
bvwhich that road is to tap Hot Springs
s.J;tbin a Guaranteed period of two years,
in consideration of bonus OF 9oO,Voo' Inc
reonired bonus has been almost ralSeu'
and the people are confident OF securing
the road. :; .to
Tbere is a very slight difference in the
daath rate in Little Rock of July, 1856, ana
the same month this year. Seventy-seVeh
death certificates were filed IN the Guy
clerks Office July Of last year, ana sew
enty-three during lastmonth'
Areoro woman on the Cummings place,
fortv miles below Pine Bluff, died with hy-
drophobia few days ago. She was olt-
ten on the toe several days previous by
little pup. 1t attracted no attention at
the time. Her howlings and raylngs
made a horrible spectacle. The pup
also bit a COW, which has since died, and as
il bit several other animals it is supposed
they will also be affected
Ell. Ellis, of Center Point, is, perhaps,
the oldest printer in the State. He will be
seventy-fye years old the 10th OF next
month. In 1886 he commenced the publ
cation of fve-column paper in Fairleld
Comfy, O. Mr. Ellis has the files of that
paper bound and in good state of preserya-
tion. It was printed on an old Ramage
press, having wooden platen and barely
large enough to print page at time OF
the paper.
Deputy United States Marshal j. c. Pet
tigrew, of Fort Smith, recently escorted to
the penitentiary at Little Rock the follow
ing list of United States prisoners: Chas.
A. Green, Berry Hudgins, Caleb Bowling,
Thomas B. Urich, William Moore, Owning
Standredge, H. Dale, Ed Rae, Elias Wat
kins, Tom Vickett, Byron Moncrief Sam
Brewet and Charles Gutcher. This addi-
tion 10 the forts gang already in the pen
makes a grand total of three hundred and
ten, a pretty fair showing for the United
States Court on the border of the Indian
Territory. A majority of the above were
arrested for selling liquor and tampering
with The mail
Since September 1, 1886, to present writ
ing, Little Rock has received by rail,
water and wagons, 77,l44 bales of cotton,
/ 1920 bales over the previous year; ship
ments, 76, 752 bales, while the same time
last wear shipments amounted to 60,793;
stock on hand, jl3 bales, while the same
time last year there were only 2l5 on hand.
The above figures, which are correct, show
that the years receipts will not fall short
4 Of $1,000 bales.
4 A good deal of church construction is
under way in Little Rock.
There is considerable sickness in both
. country and city. and children seem to be
q the principal sufferers.
The oldest person in Southwest Arkau-
y sas, Mrs. Mary Graves, was born May /,
1902, on Ivy river, twelve miles from Ashe-
4 vile, N. C.
y Workmen are going to the front every
3 day to take situations on construction OF
4 the Little Rock branch of the Cotton Belt
route.
q Parson Harris, a coored man living
near Helena, was killed by his wife few
ID days ago with a shotgun, which she emp
tied into him while he was beating her.
The fine rain which fell recently has
b given strength to the crop prospects.
r Corn Is now made, while cotton looks as
a fine as could be expected.
NJ The Governor has remitted fine of fifty
dollars each assessed against DR.. Joseph
yr w. Case and W. A. Allen, of Indepen.
~ dence County, for betting on an election.
i, Inc petitions for the remissions were nu-
nj merously signed by many good citizens.
sr DIST. E. Murrell and NJ. C. Marshall, of
% Little Rock, with their wives, will attend
ID tne International medical congress, which
} convenes in Washington, Semptember 5,
. az which delegates from all parts of the
N world will be present.
IN cotton mill is soon to be erected at
tbrlnkley for the manufacture of cotton
fl yarns, Unread, cord and rope, with cap-
4 ital Of 81, 900. " '"p
r Fourteen thousand bales of cotton are
a snlpped away from Brinkley annually.
s ana there will be a large incre ase the pres.
h., ent season. p 70
!, country merchants are laying in stocks
4 /, Tor big fall trade. e IL ''''N'
md Inc Grand jury at Conway adjourned
" After f1ndino forty indio+,,o,4